A5025113516- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Physical Activity and Health
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Magna Graecia University
2016-2025
Dulbecco Telethon Institute
2024-2025
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitario Mater Domini
2014-2024
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2024
University of Messina
2024
Department of Medical Sciences
2017
Luigi Sacco Hospital
2007
Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria
1996
Krankenhaus Bethanien
1994-1996
Abstract Purpose Since the term orthorexia nervosa (ON) was coined from Greek (ὀρθός, right and ὄρεξις, appetite) in 1997 to describe an obsession with “correct” eating, it has been used worldwide without a consistent definition. Although multiple authors have proposed diagnostic criteria, many theoretical papers published, no consensus definition of ON exists, empirical primary evidence is limited, not standardized diagnosis. These gaps prevent research identify risk protective factors,...
To evaluate whether obese patients with a binge eating disorder (BED) have an altered metabolic and inflammatory profile related to their behaviors compared non-BED obese. A total of 115 White consecutively recruited underwent biochemical, anthropometrical evaluation, 75-g oral glucose tolerance test. Patients answered the Binge Eating Scale were interviewed by psychiatrist. The subsequently divided into 2 groups according diagnosis: (n = 85) BED 30). Structural equation modeling analysis...
Several studies have investigated the cognitive profile in patients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Bulimia (BN); on contrary few evaluated it Binge Eating Disorder (BED). The purpose of this study was to compare decision making, central coherence set-shifting between BED AN patients. A battery neuropsychological tests including Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (RCFT), Wisconsin Card Sorting (WCST), Trial Making (TMT) Hayling Sentence Completion (HSCT) were...
Food addiction (FA) has been associated with greater psychopathology in individuals eating disorders (ED) and obesity (OBE). The current study aims to provide a better phenotypic characterization of the FA construct by conducting clustering analysis both conditions (ED OBE). total sample was comprised 234 participants that scored positive on Yale Addiction Scale 2.0. (YFAS-2) (119 bulimia nervosa (BN), 50 binge disorder (BED), 49 other specified feeding or (OSFED) 16 All completed...
Dopamine impairments occur in anorexia nervosa. The aim of this study was to see whether treatment with the atypical dopamine antagonist antipsychotic olanzapine improves disorder. Thirty anorexics, 18 restricted and 12 bingeing–purging, underwent a 3-month course cognitive behavioral therapy, plus at random double-blinded oral (2.5 mg for 1 month, 5 2 months) half placebo other them. BMI, psychopathological aspects (eating disorder inventory, Hamilton Rating Scale, Buss–Durkee Yale Brown...
Rational: Our aim was to investigate the quality of life (QoL) in 103 patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis (HD) an integrated assessment clinical, personological, and adaptation parameters, also a non-urban context.Objectives: We collected data from all HD attending four units. Clinical status assessed by Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) guidelines Age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index (ACCI). Patients completed following questionnaires: Life Short Form (KDQOL-SF),...
Alterations of the immune system are known in eating disorders (EDs), however importance cytokine balance this context has not been clarified. We compared cytokines and growth factors at opposite ends BMI ranges, 90 patients classified relation to BMI, depressive EDs comorbidities. Serum concentrations interleukin (IL)-1α, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), vascular endothelial...
Abstract Background The aim of this study was to assess barriers and facilitators in the pathways toward specialist care for eating disorders (EDs). Methods Eleven ED services located seven European countries recruited patients with an ED. Clinicians administered adapted version World Health Organization “Encounter Form,” a standardized tool care. unadjusted overall time needed access unit described using Kaplan–Meier curve. Results Four-hundred-nine were recruited. median between onset...
Existing research suggests that food addiction (FA) is associated with binge eating disorder (BED) and obesity, but the clinical significance of this relationship remains unclear. This study aims to investigate different profiles FA symptoms among patients who have obesity with/without BED using latent class analysis (LCA).
Individuals suffering from dementia are affected by a progressive and significant global deterioration and, consequently, might require longer assistance in the advanced stage of illness. The illness is great burden on person who takes care patient, namely, caregiver. This study aims to analyze presence relationship specific sociodemographic variables, subjective burden, depressive symptoms among caregivers patients with dementia.The participants this were at health unit for elderly southern...
Although ageing people could benefit from healthy diet and physical activity to maintain health quality of life, further understandings the diet- activity-related mechanisms that may cause changes in life perception are necessary. The purpose study was investigate effect eating attitudes, body mass image satisfaction, exercise dependence relationship between older individuals. Hundred seventy-nine late middle-aged, (55-64 yrs), young-old (65-74 old (75-84 yrs) senior athletes (n = 56),...